Birmingham Moseley might not quite have the ideal tonic for last weekend’s late defeat at Plymouth tomorrow, but their trip to Macclesfield is the next best thing.

A return to the Billesley Common fortress where their unbeaten record includes a number of impressive, high-scoring bonus-point successes would doubtless have been their first preference.

However, a two hour jaunt to the leafy surroundings of Prestbury Park, to face National One’s basement boys, is probably the next best alternative, and director of rugby Kevin Maggs says he is considering his selection options, while also stressing the need to keep standards high.

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The next five weeks sees Moseley take on unbeaten league leaders Hartpury plus challengers Blackheath and Coventry, and their boss believes this represents an opportunity to position themselves prominently ahead of the second part of the campaign.

“It’s a big month coming up,” he says, “and if we’re in touching distance at Christmas then we’ve got a chance, as we’ve got eight home games in the 14 we play next year, whereas Hartpury have the reverse of that.

“We can’t control what they do, all we can do is look after our own performance and take care of ourselves.

“We know from the Championship that anything can happen - the top of the league can come unstuck against the bottom of the league if they’re not focused and on their game.”

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Having analysed the video of his team’s defeat at Plymouth last Saturday, which was only their second of the season, Maggs believes it was a case of missed opportunities.

“We had plenty of chances to score but weren’t accurate enough at times, and took some wrong decisions, and that came back to bite us,” he says.

“We ran from our own 22 then didn’t execute a simple two-on-one when we would have scored, we dropped one over the line then their full back took Dave Brazier off the ball to stop him defending the winger in the run up to one of their tries.”